A complex nonlinear model for mechanical ventilation, its computer implementation and
validation are presented. The model includes the morphometry-based symmetrical structure
of the 23 airway generations, dynamic properties of the respiratory system, as well as the
description of a ventilator. Distributed character of airway mechanical properties is taken into
account when determining airway inertance, resistance and compliance, including
turbulence of flow, airway collapsing and the wave speed theory. In effect, the airway …